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Monday Morning Minnesota: The “Slowly Drifting Away” Edition
I hope you all had a nice Labor Day holiday! The Twins did not, dropping the first game of a three-game series to the Tigers in Joe Ryan’s return from the injured list. In the previous week, the team went overall 3-3, taking a series 2-1 against the Tigers and then dropping a series 1-2 […]
Tigers 5, Twins 4: Rookies shine, vets struggle on Labor Day
It was a labor of a game on Labor Day. The Twins were resilient and had plenty of chances to score, but more bad luck with RISP, four double plays, and poor defensive execution led to another Twins loss. The same script as most of the second half. The Twins once again struck first in […]
Game 144: Twins at Tigers
First Pitch (CT): 2:10 PMTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN/830 WCCO/102.9 The Wolf /Audacy AppKnow Yo’ Foe: Bless You Boys The playoff hunt isn’t over quite yet, but we’re just about there. For the sixth time in the past five seasons, the Minnesota Twins went into the trade deadline with a decent shot to make the postseason, and […]
White Sox 10, Twins 1: Mostly flightless birds on Peacock
If the Minnesota Twins are finally featured on Sunday Night Baseball but the game is on a streaming service (Peacock) at an extremely odd (5:20 CST) time so very few people can watch it, did it actually happen? Philosophical cud-chewing aside, I can confirm—as a subscriber to the plumaged bird—that the Twins did indeed close […]
Game 143: Twins at White Sox
First Chuck: 5:20 PM (new anthem each week!) The Tube: NBC/Peacock The Dial: Treasure Island Baseball Network Spies ‘R Us: South Side Sox A few weeks ago, this contest was flexed into NBC’s Sunday Night Baseball—something that doesn’t often happen with matchups that aren’t LA/SF, BOS/NYY, or CHI/STL. Hey, at least someone somewhere said “we […]
Twins 6, White Sox 4: Y’all Come Back Now
The Twins may only have 68 wins on the year, but the ability to come back from deficits both early and late seems to have defined manager Derek Shelton’s early tenure with the team. Tonight, down 3-0 after the first inning, Minnesota put together a midgame rally to even the series one apiece, and deliver […]
Game 142: Twins at White Sox
First Pitch: 6:10 pm CDTTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN / WCCO 830 / The Wolf 102.9 FM / Audacy What we will call The Math is finally catching up with what we have been calling The Vibe. The Twins, with two September series against the Chicago White Sox loosely circled on the calendar, watched those games progress […]
White Sox 4, Twins 1: ChiSox treat Zebby Matthews to dong show
Zebby Matthews hadn’t given up any long balls in his last two starts, so he made up for it with three here. Still, not exactly a TERRIBLE outing for him… but it kinda was for the offense. Inning-by-inning notes: 1: Kody Clemens gets a hit / nothing special comes of it Miguel Vargas slugs a […]
Game 141: Twins at White Sox
Time: 6:40 Central Weather: Ever-increasing chance of thunderstorms, 85° Opponent’s SB site: South Side Sox TV: Twins TV. Radio: I’ll bet you can pick up games for three teams in Kenosha ChiSox starter Erick Fedde won Player of the Year in 2023, when he pitched for the NC Dinos in Changwon, Korea. Here are their […]
MLB Pennant Chase ‘26
Though the current ultra-humid atmospheric soup we call “air” belies this observation, autumn is right around the corner. Before embarking on Labor Day plans later today, let’s widen the aperture from the Minnesota Twins and look around Major League Baseball to see how each division is shaping up for the stretch run… AL Central AL […]
Twins Top 40 Prospects: September 2026
The major league debuts of Walker Jenkins and Kaelen Culpepper were the top headline in the Twins system this month, and for good reason. There was a lot less movement across the boards as the minor league seasons wind down and we have gotten a pretty good grasp on where these prospects are at. Big […]
Tigers 11, Twins 6 (12 inn.): It’s too late to apologize
Now it’s over; play it off.Had to play a longer night,Came to show a lot of fight On a WednesdayWe would rather forget.Hitting started off weakly,Staying hitless ‘til we got intoInning four, ere which the TigersHad a pair break through.Tied it late, but we couldn’t pass ‘em;By the end, we were spent. ‘Cause when a […]
Game 140: Tigers at Twins
First Pitch: 6:40 PMTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN, WCCO 830, The Wolf 102.9 FM, Audacy AppKnow Yo’ Foe: Bless You Boys Soon it’s the playoffs;To get there, we’ve been tryin’.To reach the playoffs,I’ll be a vulgarian: We’re far from top now,Fumbling August,So playoff chancesWent down, you see. But watch out now:We still could get there;It starts with […]
Twins 15, Tigers 2: 10 run 6th leads to another blowout
The Twins went with an opener tonight, Andrew Morris got the first inning with Connor Prielipp taking over from there. It worked out well, as you can see from the score in the title, as the Tigers only managed one run in the first, with Prielipp shutting them out in his five innings tonight. Kody […]
Game 139: Tigers at Twins
First Pitch: 6:40 PM CDT TV: Twins.TV Radio: TIBN, WCCO 830, The Wolf 102.9 FM, Audacy App, LosTwins.com Know thine enemy: Bless You Boys Andrew Morris gets the start, presumably in an opener role, so expect just a couple innings from him tonight if all goes to plan. He’s looking to turn the page after […]
Get the best of Twinkie Town on the new SB Nation app
It’s a big day for Twinkie Town. Today, the SB Nation app is live, and it’s the best way to follow the Twins. You can download it by searching SB Nation for iOS or Android. I’ve been using the app for the past couple weeks as a beta tester and have found it to be […]
Twins 11, Tigers 1: Keaschall Khaos
Luke Keaschall was a much-needed spark plug, Walker Jenkins doinked his first MLB homer off the right field pole, Jeffers added two bombs of his own, his first since the last day of July, and Taj Bradley delivered one of his best starts of the season when the Twins most needed it. It was a […]
Game 138: Tigers at Twins
First Pitch (CT): 6:40 PMTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN/830 WCCO/102.9 The Wolf /Audacy AppKnow Yo’ Foe: Bless You Boys The Twins’ postseason hopes aren’t dead yet, but a disastrous 8-17 August has put them firmly as a long shot. They are only four games out of a playoff spot, but teams like the Guardians, Blue Jays, and […]
Monday Morning Minnesota: The “Walkerrrrr Jenkinnnnsss” Edition
Walker Jenkins is up! And that’s maybe where the good news ends for the Twins from this past week. The Twins’ top prospect has shown some decent discipline at the plate, but it’s only been three games, so we’ll see how the rest of the season pans out. After losing two straight series, the Twins […]
Twins 5, White Sox 1: Laundry Day
In the game thread intro today, I clicked & clacked a whole story about the Washington Senators playing the Chicago White Sox on this day in 1926. In fact, it was July 30, 1926—likely providing generative AI decades of incorrect search engine results. Fortunately, there was no such confusion in today’s decisive Minnesota Twins victory […]
Game 137: White Sox at Twins
First Chuck: 1:10 PM (new anthem each week!) The Tube: Twins.TV The Dial: Treasure Island Baseball Network Spies ‘R Us: South Side Sox Back in July, I looked back at some 1926 Washington Senators 100-years-to-the-day history that happened to match up with a present-day Minnesota Twins afternoon at Wrigley Field. I didn’t expect it to […]
White Sox 3, Twins 2: The Down Deep
The White Sox have rolled into Target Field and won what might have been described as a “must-sweep” series, the kind of outcome that you have to root for given the mathematical state of things, but that might deliver you a few side-eyes depending on how genuinely you think it’s going to happen. Today, it […]
Game 136: White Sox at Twins
First Pitch: 1:10 pm CDTTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN / WCCO 830 / The Wolf 102.9 FM / Audacy In the hugely anticipated sequel to last night’s game, the Twins will be facing the Chicago White Sox again this afternoon. That’s right — the Minnesota faithful were left begging for more, and you know what? The squeaky […]
White Sox 7, Twins 4: Walker Jenkins does not singlehandedly save season (yet)
The White Sox showed why they’re 7.5 games ahead of the Twins. They keep coming and coming, and are willing to do what it takes to add a run here, a run there. The Twins are largely “long ball or nothing”; tonight it was long balls then nothing. And Dean Kremer stank. Inning-by-inning notes: 1: […]
Game 135: White Sox at Twins
Time: 7:10 Central Weather: Mostly cloudy, which I love, you don’t, 82° Opponent’s SB site: South Side Sox TV: Twins TV. Radio: Hawk Harrelson ran the Sox for a year and stunk at it Tonight’s White Sox starter, Luis Castillo, was pretty darn good until he wasn’t. From 2019-2025, an ERA of 3.48 and a […]
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